Professor 8X Viet received 9 US patents

During his three years at Colorado Denver University, Professor Vu Ngoc Tam owned 9 US patents and was awarded many awards at technology conferences.

Graduating from Hanoi University of Technology in 2006, Vu Ngoc Tam went to the United States to study. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science, Rutgers University in 2013.

Right after graduating, Vu Ngoc Tam founded and is the director of laboratory of mobile and network systems (Mobile and networked Systems laboratory) at the University of Colorado Denver.

This is where he and his colleagues conduct research to build intelligent systems to improve, change the way people care for health, especially children.

"Revolutionizing" how to take care of health

The desire to bring real products to people is the reason why professors (Prof.) Vu Ngoc Tam focuses on inventing in the field of health.

Specifically, he designed and applied the theory and advanced techniques of wireless systems into biosensor applications (eg smart devices that measure breathing, monitor brainwave signals, record Muscle movement and sleep quality monitoring).

This method is less annoying for users at a much lower cost than traditional products currently on the market.

Prof. Vu Ngoc Tam is the director of the laboratory of mobile and connecting systems at Colorado Denver University, USA.

The research results of GS Tam are published in world famous technology magazines and conferences such as: ACM MobiCom, ACM MobiSys, ACM SENSYS, ACM CCS, IEEE Infocom, ACM UbiComp, Mobile Computing (TMC) .

LIBS brain wave measuring device - the latest product of Dr. 8X and graduate student Nguyen Tran Lan Anh - has just won an award at the world prestigious scientific conference on induction technology - ACM SENSYS in November 2016 at Stanford University, USA.

In October 2016, the breathing apparatus named WiSpiro by GS Tam and graduate student Nguyen Van Phuc won the prize at the conference on world mobile technology ACM MobiCom - S3.

The idea of ​​WiSpiro flourished three years ago when he worked in a sleep research laboratory at university. Here, sleep disorder patients are diagnosed with bulky devices that require a doctor's supervision and attach directly to the face and chest (especially when sleeping).

Why is the product "bulky", annoying to users and expensive (40,000 - 50,000 USD)? Plunge into research to answer that question, Dr. Viet has launched a device to automatically measure remote breathing.

"WiSpiro has the ability to constantly monitor the breathing of people with high resolution by shooting Wi-Fi waves into the patient's chest, then bouncing back to measure breathing breathing volume," the 32-year-old doctor said of operating principle.

Vu Ngoc Tam's WiSpiro product caught the attention of the scientific community and he received $ 575,000 from the US Government.

According to the young professor, one of the difficulties for scientists is the belief barrier. Most health agencies do not dare to cooperate on testing new untested technology products on patients. Vietnamese boys have to convince the female professor GS Ann Halbower - the leading doctor of sleep, 8-year work at Johns Hopkins University (the number one public health school in the US) - to participate.

With support from reputable people in the medical industry, his inventions are allowed to be tested on patients and demonstrate very high accuracy at Colorado Children's Hospital, USA.

Attract investment for inventions

Prof. Vu Ngoc Tam is the head (principal researcher) of 3 projects supported by the US National Science Foundation; 2 projects supported by the Colorado State Fund; an award-winning, sponsored project by Google; 2 projects are supported by the University of Colorado system with a total amount of up to 1.7 million USD.

In particular, $ 700,000 can be transferred to the new school that he will accept the job.

Thanks to excellent research, Prof. Tam was honored to receive the prestigious "Google Faculty Research Award" of Google and was funded by this technology company for USD 55,000 for his research on security rings; 4 best newspaper awards from the world's leading conferences (including: SENSYS 2016, MobiCom S3 2016, MobiCom in 2012 and MobiCom 2011).

The computer program predicts the recovery process of Prof. Tam, in partnership with the University of Creative Denver Fellowship, University of Colorado Denver in 2015.

Studies and inventions of Prof. Vu Ngoc Tam are introduced on many US media channels such as CNN TV, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal .

Prof. Tam (on the right) and his two excellent fellows.

In addition, GS Tam is also a prestigious face in the academic community about the system on mobile phones. He holds the position of chairman and co-chair of many conferences and seminars on mobile technologies such as ACM WearSys, MobiSys .

The GS 8X was invited to speak at prestigious schools such as Stanford University, Canadian University of Mellon and workshops on mobile technology application, child health care, as well as general health.

Working for 3.5 years at Colorado Denver University, the Vietnamese man has 9 patents in the US, nearly 40 influential papers in the scientific world, as well as in society, calling for financial support to research. rescue and development.

At the same time, Prof. Tam is the founder of two companies to bring these technologies from research into practice. Invited by many universities, he plans to transfer to a new school in the fall of 2017.

Professor Tam said that in the near future, when he moved to the new school, he would establish a center for the study of key health care technologies on mobile platforms and wireless devices for children.

"This independent research center will be an effective place to connect scientists, advanced technology, doctors, investors . to realize health vision, turn difficulties in health into prizes. breakthrough solutions that I alone cannot do, "said Prof. Vu Ngoc Tam.

According to him, that is the goal, not the dream when citizens around the world are coming to use mobile phones.